A _good tract_ is that which leads us to the Bible; whichspeaks of the love of God in Christ; and which encourages the readerto be holy from a motive of love to God.

A _bad tract_ is therefore that which does not speak of theBible; which tells us that salvation may be obtained by human merit,and which consequently would persuade us to be religious frominterested motives: that is to say, to obtain pardon by means of ourown good works.

Those tracts, too, which speak of man's gladness as if it came fromman alone, and not from God, and which consequently deny the truth ofGod's word: these must also be called _bad tracts_, and musttherefore be carefully avoided.